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Hapu'u Pulu Art Print
by Lehua Pekelo-Stearns
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Hapu'u Pulu art print by Lehua Pekelo-Stearns. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The Hāpu'u, a native fern that grows in the rainforest of the Hawaiian Islands and here in our backyard in Volcano, Hawaii, has been used in a... more
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Artist's Description
The Hāpu'u, a native fern that grows in the rainforest of the Hawaiian Islands and here in our backyard in Volcano, Hawaii, has been used in a number of ways. As the young shoots uncurl they have a fine golden hair that is very soft, almost like velvet. This hair is called pulu and it was collected in the 1800's and used commercially as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. The remenants of an old pulu factory can still be seen on the Napau Crater trail in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
This young Hapu'u in our backyard will slowly uncurl and grow attached to a two foot young Hapuu fern tree that will eventually grow into a tree reaching heights of 20 to 30 feet and some times taller in the rain forests of Volcano, Hawaii.
About Lehua Pekelo-Stearns
I feel my photographs captures and shares my moments of intimacy and the relationship between light, shadow, and the element of composition of my beautifu Hawai’i. As a photographer and a Hawaiian woman I try to convey through my photography the love for my Hawai’i with an understanding of the traditional Hawaiian value, that all natural resources of our environment, the ocean "kai", the land "aina", and the sky "lani", are interrelated and culturally significant to Hawaii and its people. “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” In my photography I try to capture the moments of my life I want to remember. It’s usually something that caught my eye and captured...
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J B Thompson
These are unusual and beautiful plants. You did a great job of keeping this one sharp and isolating it from the background.